tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post8938772822894939215..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: The Relationship Between Home Ownership and UnemploymentA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-22846922006964640282014-08-08T07:30:13.147-03:002014-08-08T07:30:13.147-03:00Well put!! Strange that such an obvious was not no...Well put!! Strange that such an obvious was not noted. Perhaps the matter is being researched. I will come back later. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-51857782949783582002014-08-01T18:32:47.368-03:002014-08-01T18:32:47.368-03:00Without government help, many people at the margin...Without government help, many people at the margins could not have afforded to buy a home. These are the "home owners" that never should have been home owners.A Political Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-51515853411135781452014-08-01T15:15:05.582-03:002014-08-01T15:15:05.582-03:00"With this data, the authors have shown that ..."With this data, the authors have shown that there is a strong link between high levels of home ownership in a given geographical area and the high level of unemployment in that same area"<br /><br />No, an R squared value of 0.1 does not imply a strong link...It actually implies there is very little correlation between the two variables. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-73357480453709180352014-08-01T11:18:03.814-03:002014-08-01T11:18:03.814-03:00So the solution to high unemployment is to make it...So the solution to high unemployment is to make it more difficult for people to own homes?Gregory Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293280236115306205noreply@blogger.com